A noun is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, action, feeling or ideal. Possessive nouns show ownership. Plural nouns show a quantity of more than one. Plural possessive nouns incorporate the concepts of ownership and "more than one."

Plural Nouns Ending with S

To show possession with regular plural nouns that end with "s," simply add an apostrophe at the end.

Examples of this type of plural possessive noun include:

Airplanes' wings

Alarms' ringing

Ankles' bones

Appendices' entries

Armchairs' arms

Attorneys' fees

Babies' rash

Bathrooms' taps

Bosses' orders

Boys' club

Bushes' flowers

Calves' hooves

Carpenters' tools

Chairs' paintwork

Children's hats

Clocks' hands

Companies' plan

Countries' governments

Designers' clothes

Dishes' patterns

Dogs' adventures

Girls' sports

Investors' advice

Knives' blades

Loaves' nutrition

Mosquitoes' stingers

Parents' books

Pears' stories

Potatoes' skin

Rabbis' garb

Smiths' grandchild

Theses' criteria

Trucks' wheels

Witnesses' testimony

Sentence Examples

Umbrellas' handles are sometimes carved.

Witches' hats are usually pointed.

Judges' wigs were powered in the old days.

The fairies' wings were iridescent.

Cherries' stones can break your teeth if you are not careful.

The tables' legs were all wobbly and needed repair.

Irregular Plural Nouns Ending Without S

With irregular plural nouns that do not end with "s," add an apostrophe and "s." Examples are:

Bacteria's invasion

Cacti's protection

Children's toys

Criteria's timeline

Die's roll

Foci's interest

Fungi's proliferation

Gentlemen's association

Lice's intrusion

Media's influence

Men's worries

Mice's feet

Nuclei's composition

People's beliefs

Phenomena's appearance

Oxen's yokes

Stimuli's effect

Syllabi's needs

Teeth's cavities

Women's issues

Sentence Examples

Dolphins got caught in the fishermen's nets.

Postmen's bags are made of leather.

The geese's eggs were found on the road, smashed.

Hippopotami's mouths are huge.

Servicemen's fees rise after hours and on weekends.

Octopi's arms number eight and have several functions

Compound Words

With compound words, if the plural form ends with "s," add only an apostrophe. Examples are:

Brides-maids' gowns

Couch potatoes' snacks

Cupfuls' number

Fact sheets' predictions

Half-brothers' excitement

Hang-ups' attitudes

Know-it-alls' conceit

Pocketfuls' amount

Printouts' clarity

Run-throughs' length

Salesclerks' tips

School days' length

Teaspoonfuls' number

Time frames' adjustment

Toothbrushes' heads

Two-year olds' tantrums

Vice presidents' duties

Vice presidents' offices

Waiting rooms' decor

Wheeler-dealers' bargains

Sentence Examples

The drive-ins' lines were all very long.

Our get-togethers' offerings were diverse and plentiful.

The hand-me-downs' stains were hard to get out.

My photocopies' font color turned out too dim.

The ground waters' contamination was extreme.

If the plural form does not end with "s," add "s" and an apostrophe. Examples are:

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Examples of Plural Possessive Nouns

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A noun is a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, action, feeling or ideal. Possessive nouns show ownership. Plural nouns show a quantity of more than one. Plural possessive nouns incorporate the concepts of ownership and "more than one."